Jun 202009
![[Saint Rumold]](http://saints.sqpn.com/wp-content/gallery/saint-rumold/saint-rumold-01.jpg "jpg photograph of an image of Saint Rumbold on a chasuble in the Basilica of Our Lady of Hanswijk, Mechelen, Belgium; taken by JKW on 21 May 2009; swiped off the Wikipedia web site")
Also known as
- Rombauld
- Rombaut
- Rombout
- Romuold
- Rumald
- Rumbold
- Rumoldus
Profile
Benedictine monk. Friend of Saint Gummarus. Evangalizing missionary bishop with Saint Willibrord of Echternach and Saint Libert in the area of modern Netherlands and Brabant, Belgium. Martyr, murdered by two men whose sinful ways he had denounced.
Some writers indicate that he was the son of a Scottish king, some that his brother was Saint Himelin, and some that he was bishop of Dublin, Ireland.
Born
- martyred c.775 near Mechelen, Flanders, Belgium
- relics in a golden shrine in the cathedral of Mechelen
- bishop with a missionary‘s cross
- bearded man with a hoe lying under his feet
- murdered man near a coffer of money
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation